Jason Miller's "Bully Beatdown" returns for third season tonight on MTV

Strikeforce and DREAM fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller’s popular reality show returns for its third season tonight on MTV.

The show, “Bully Beatdown,” proved a surprise hit for the cable station and its young-male demographics upon its debut in early 2009.

The show, which allows bully victims to enact revenge on their tormentors (with help from professional MMA fighters), airs at 11 p.m. ET/PT, and subsequent new episodes air each Thursday in the same timeslot.

Replays re-air throughout the week on MTV and MTV2.

Producers have promised some changes for this season, including longer rounds, smaller headgear, and even the first female bully. Miller returns as the show’s host, and overall, the pro-fighter-vs.-bully format largely will remain the same.

During each 30-minute episode of the show, which debuted in March 2009, a bully victim contacts Miller for help. An MMA fighter then competes against the bully, who receives cash prizes (up to $10,000) for surviving a round of grappling and a round of kickboxing with the pro. While the show is loosely scripted for confrontations and pre-fight buildup, the episode-ending fights are very real.

MTV has aired 16 “Bully Beatdown” episodes over two seasons, which ran from March to April and August to October of 2009.

The show, which is executive produced by reality kingpin Mark Burnett, garnered immediate attention when the series debut emerged as the No. 1 rated program in its timeslot among male viewers from 12 to 34 years of age. The ratings have remained solid in key demos.